Month: May 2012

This Day in Ancient History: idus maias

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idus maias

Roman depiction of the Tiber as a river-god (T...
Roman depiction of the Tiber as a river-god (Tiberinus) with cornucopia at the Campidoglio, Rome. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Festival of Jupiter

rites in honour of Mercury

rites in honour of Maia

the Argei are tossed into the Tiber from the Sublician Bridge ….

251 — martyrdom of Isidore of Chios

392 A.D. — death of the emperor Valentinian II

Blogosphere ~ Newnham in Paris, and the discoveries from the Rhone

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A Don’s Life by Mary Beard: Newnham in Paris, and the discoveries from the Rhone.

[Dr Beard hasn’t changed her mind about that purported bust of Caesar fished from the Rhone a while ago]